Spanish Legion

The Spanish Legion is a unit of the Spanish Army that was formed on 28 January 1920 as Spain's equivalent of the French Foreign Legion. It was known as the Tercio de Extranjeros during the Rif War in Morocco from 1920 to 1926, and it recruited predominantly from Spanish people. The legion played a major role in the Falangist forces during the Spanish Civil War, during which it was commanded by Francisco Franco. In post-Franco Spain, it undertook tours of duty in Lebanon, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, and Iraq.